Spittoon-holder



(No Model.)

J. F. KUHLMANN.

SPITTOON HOLDER. No. 562,900. Patented June 30, 1896-.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. KUHLMANN, OF HAMMOND, INDIANA.

SPITTOON-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,900, dated June30,1896.

Application filed October 28, 1895. Serial No. 567,093. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. KUHLMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hammond, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Spittoon-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and simple attachmentfor bedsteads by means of which invalids and other disabled persons maybring a spittoon into position for use and by which the spittoon will beautomatically returned to a position under the bed afterbeing used. Thisobject is attained by the use of the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings; and the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of the same, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings referred to, Figurel is a side view of my improvedspittoon-holder in its operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section. Fig. 4 is a group ofdetails showing the manner of supporting the pulleys, and Fig. 5 is asimilar View showing the manner of applying the device to a woodenbedstead.

Referring to the drawings more particularly by letter, A designates theside bar of an iron bedstead, in which I fit the wooden block B, havinga notch G in its inner under side. To the inner face of this block Isecure a plate D, which is provided with a rib or flange E at its upperend, fitting upon the upper side of the side bar or rail of the bedsteadand at its lower end with a depending post or stud F. A hook-bolt G,passing through the notch G, has its hooked end in engagement with thelower edge of the side rail of the bedstead and its upper end passedthrough the plate D and secured thereto by gaged by the operatingmechanism. The ends of the wire are carried outward from the lower endof the coiled portion and, after being twisted upon each other, as at K,to strengthen the structure, are carried outward to present thespittoon-carrying arms L, by and between which the spittoon issupported. These spittoon-carrying arms are normally held under thebedstead by a spring M, having one end secured to the bedstead and itsother end engaged in one of the eyes J of the spittoon-carrier. Anoperating-cord N has one end secured to the same eye J and extendstherefrom to the headboard of the bedstead, where it passes around apulley 0 and thence to the top of the headboard, where it passes overand depends from a pulley P to within convenient reach of the occupantof the bed. These pulleys may be secured to the bedstead by any suitablebrackets, as will be readily understood upon reference to Figs. 4 and 5.

In practice, the spittoon is held by the arms L under the bedstead. Whenit is desired to use the spittoon, a downward pull is exerted on the endof the operating-cord, and this force is transmitted through the cord tothe arms, so as to swing them out from under the bedstead against thetension of the spring M, thereby bringing the spittoon into position foruse. After using the spittoon, the cord is released and the spring Mthen at once returns the device to its normal position.

My device is very simple in its construction and operates very easily,so as to require no exertion from the weakened invalid, and itsadvantages are thought to be obvious. By providing two eyes at the upperend of the wire bracket which carries the spittoon, I am enabled to fitthe device to either side of the bedstead, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is--- The combination with a bedstead-rail or sidebar, of a notched block. fitted thereto, a plate secured to the innerface of said block and provided at its upper edge with a lip or flangeengaging the upper side of the side bar or rail and having a post orstud depending from its lower edge, a hook-bolt passing: through thesaid notched block and secured to the said plate and having its hookedend engaging the side bar or rail of the bedstead, a spittoon-holdingbracket fnlerunied on the depending post, means for holding the bracketnormally under the bedstead, and means for projecting the bracket fromunder the bed- IO stead.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

JOHN F. KUHLHANX.

\Vitnesses:

J. G. IBACH, NELSON R. JACOBSON.

